WORLD

UNITED NATIONS, AMERICA | XINHUA |    UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for greater ambition to reverse biodiversity loss. Biodiversity and ecosystems are essential for human progress and prosperity. They are central to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and implementing the Paris Agreement on climate change, he told the …

QUITO, Ecuador | XINHUA |   Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno on Wednesday announced the board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a 6.5-billion-U.S.-dollar loan agreement reached at the end of August. “A few minutes ago I had a conversation with people from the International Monetary Fund and I can tell you that …

Brussels , Belgium| XINHUA |   The European Union (EU) launched an infringement procedure against the United Kingdom (UK) on Thursday over a contentious bill that allegedly breaches the Brexit deal reached by the two sides in January 2020. The UK has not removed the “problematic part” of the bill, which …

Kuwait, KUWAIT | XINHUA |   Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah passed away at the age of 91 on Tuesday. “With great sadness and sorrow, the Amiri Diwan mourns the passing of his Highness, the late Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah,” the Amiri Diwan, which serves …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |    Another 7,143 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, the highest daily total ever since the start of the pandemic in Britain, according to official figures released Tuesday. The newly confirmed infections brought the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 439,013, …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |    The General Debate of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 75) on Tuesday lowered its curtain at the UN headquarters in New York on a positive note with the vast majority of world leaders and national representatives voicing strong support for multilateralism …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |    Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad has lauded China’s foreign policy, which he said is aimed at building an international community free of hegemony based on justice and non-expansion. Speaking at a ceremony held Monday on the occasion of the 71st anniversary of the founding …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |   UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for further debt relief for poor and middle-income countries for them to respond to COVID-19. “I hope the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (of the Group of 20) will be extended and its scope expanded to all developing and …

Washington, USA | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, clashed fiercely on Tuesday night during their first debate in the 2020 presidential race in Cleveland, Ohio. Moderator and Fox News anchor Chris Wallace opened the debate by asking Trump to explain his nomination of …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |    The United Kingdom’s position on the withdrawal from the European Union (EU) is far apart from what the EU can accept and the bloc “will not be shy” from taking legal action for violations of the withdrawal agreement, European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic said …